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Institution Profile

Hiranandani Upscale School, Chennai

Renowned nationwide for ideating and establishing high quality townships, office complexes
and residential buildings nationwide, the Hiranandani Group has invested its considerable
expertise in constructing the school's scenic campus overlooking Muttukadu Lake
SHIVANI CHATURVEDI

HE HIRANANDANI Upscale
School (HUS, estb.2011) is
sited on a three-acre cam-
Tpus in the House of Hi-
ranandani’s integrated township in
the southern metropolis of Chennai
(pop.12 million). This K-12 co-ed day
school offering the PYP (primary years
programme), MYP (middle years pro-
gramme) and IBDP (diploma) pro-
grammes of IB, Geneva, was promoted
by Surendra Hiranandani, co-founder
and managing director of the Mumbai-
based Hiranandani Group which has
interests in real estate countrywide.
Over the past 13 years since it was
established, HUS has steadily ac-
quired a good reputation for providing
student-centric, holistic primary-sec-
ondary education to its 402 students
mentored by 88 well-qualified teach- HUS campus: steadily rising reputation. Inset: Sivakumar Srinivasan
ers. Ranked among Chennai’s Top 15
co-ed day schools in the Education- top-ranked international schools (The students with an aggregate 10,000
World India School Rankings 2023- International School, Bangalore, In- print volumes and 40 journal sub-
24, HUS was conferred the SDG Hero dus International School, Pune) when scriptions, and access to a wide range
award in 2023 and the ARC EdTech he was appointed director of HUS in of e-learning resources. A Special
award for incorporating UN Sustain- 2022. Education Needs (SEN) department
able Development Goals into its cur- Renowned nationwide for ideating staffed with special educators pro-
riculum. and establishing high quality town- vides personalised support to students
“In HUS, we provide our students ships, office complexes and residential with learning disabilities.
with an inclusive learning environ- buildings in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Equally impressive is the school’s
ment after identifying their needs to Chennai, the Hiranandani Group has sports infrastructure which includes a
enable them to reach their potential invested its considerable expertise in large cricket ground, dedicated foot-
under our renowned IB continuum construction, landscaping and equip- ball field, and synthetic courts for
programmes. Our goal is to nurture ping HUS’ three-acre scenic campus basketball and volleyball. The spirit
well-rounded, ethical, empathetic, overlooking Muttukadu Lake. The of competitive sportsmanship is en-
culturally aware, physically fit and ac- school’s academic building houses 55 couraged with children motivated to
ademically bright global citizens ready spacious and well-ventilated Smart compete in inter and intra-school
to confront the challenges of the fu- classrooms equipped with LCD pro- competitions.
ture,” says Sivakumar Srinivasan, jectors. Students have access to two The HUS management prides it-
director of HUS. An alum of Madras state-of-the-art ICT (information self for having readily adopted and
and Bharathidasan universities with communication technologies) labo- integrated latest technology advances
leadership certification from the Har- ratories supplemented with discrete into its teaching-learning and man-
vard Graduate School of Education, physics, chemistry and biology labs. agement operations. “Integration of
Srinivasan imported over two decades Moreover the school has two separate advanced technologies into institu-
of teaching and admin experience in libraries for primary and middle years tional operations enriches children’s

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